🎧 Ghostly Gourmets: Haunted Histories & Spooky Recipes with Amy Bruni
🎧 Ghostly Gourmets: Haunted Histories & Spooky Recipes with Amy Bruni
Join me this Halloween with guest Amy Bruni as we learn about ghostly encounters, historic foodie tidbits, and how food can create a bridge to the past.
In this Halloween special, we dive into the fascinating world of paranormal cuisine with Amy Bruni, a professional paranormal investigator and author. You may know Amy from the hit TV shows ‘Ghost Hunters’ and the Travel Channel’s ‘Kindred Spirits’! She’s the author of ‘Food to Die For’ and ‘Life with the Afterlife’. From the haunted halls of the Mount Washington Hotel to the infamous Lizzie Borden house, Amy shares eerie tales and historical recipes that are sure to intrigue. Learn about ghostly encounters, historic foodie tidbits, and how food can create a bridge to the past. Tune in for a unique blend of food, culture, and the supernatural. Learn more about Amy and order the book at https://amybruni.com/
About Amy
Amy Bruni is a professional paranormal investigator, author, podcaster, and TV host. In 2007 she began appearing on Ghost Hunters, one of the longest-running and highest-rated paranormal television shows. Now, she’s the co-star and executive producer of The Travel Channel’s Kindred Spirits and host of the true crime podcast Haunted Road. Amy is the owner of Strange Escapes, a company offering paranormal excursions to some of America’s most notoriously haunted destinations, and is the author of Food to Die For and Life with the Afterlife. Amy lives in Newport, Rhode Island.
About the Book
Discover tantalizing recipes, spine-tingling stories, and historic photos from the most notoriously haunted locations across America in this fun and fascinating cookbook. Paranormal investigator and Kindred Spirits co-host Amy Bruni leads you through eerie hotels, haunted homes, hellish hospitals, and spooky ghost towns, giving you stories and a recipe from each place.
Whether you're in the mood for Lizzie Borden's meatloaf or want to serve up spooky prison stories along with sugar cookies from Alcatraz, Food to Die For is your guide to ghoulish gastronomy.
One of America's favorite ghost hunters, Amy Bruni takes you to mysterious hotels, eerie ghost towns, and possessed pubs in this delightfully sinister collection of stories and recipes. Each of the nearly 60 locations in Food to Die For includes:
Vintage photographs and charmingly creepy stories rooted in history
A noteworthy recipe associated with the people or place
Full-color, captivating, and hauntingly styled food photos to inspire a killer kitchen experience
This terrifyingly tasty cookbook will bewitch anyone who:
Has a taste for the paranormal and a hunger to try new foods
Loves history, travel, and culinary curiosities
Enjoys entertaining guests in unique and memorable ways
Would get goosebumps making a recipe written 300 years ago
History buffs, thrill-seekers, and foodies will all get shivers seeing the past come to life with every enchanted recipe and delicious tale from Food to Die For.
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Yours in health, Dr. Quave
Cassandra L. Quave, Ph.D. is a Guggenheim Fellow, CNN Champion for Change, Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, recipient of The National Academies Award for Excellence in Science Communication, and award-winning author of The Plant Hunter. Her day job is as professor and herbarium curator at Emory University School of Medicine, where she leads a group of research scientists studying medicinal plants to find new life-saving drugs from nature. She hosts the Foodie Pharmacology podcast and writes the Nature’s Pharmacy newsletter to share the science behind natural medicines. To support her effort, consider a paid or founding subscription to Nature’s Pharmacy or donation to her lab research.
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